The clue whose meaning we avoid
We watch Peter Grimes being made into a deviant— a process that can take place through the mechanism of the law, but often happens outside of it through social processes.
Chad Shelton
6 pieces since 2011 — in 5 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Metropolitan Opera.
6
pieces
5
roles
2
companies
16
years
By company
Role Bob Boles
Role Father Grenville
Act of contrition
The 25th anniversary revival of Dead Man Walking at San Francisco Opera is most moving in its quietest moments
Role Laurie
“Little,” Joyce
I’ve had this DVD sitting in my apartment for literally months – mea culpa, La – and I finally got around to watching Mark Adamo’s opera Little Women last weekend. Commissioned by the Houston Grand Opera, the piece received almost unanimous critical and popular acclaim when it premiered in 1998. This DVD was recorded for […]
Role Pinkerton
The voice of spring
“I come, I come! ye have called me long;
I come o’er the mountains, with light and song”
Role Stone
In my very own private hell
No, we don’t really need another “Orpheus” opera. Or, rather, we don’t need this one.